Question

Transform the below sentence without changing its meaning by using the conditional word- unless.
If we eradicate corruption, only then can India become an economically powerful country.
A) Unless we eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country.
B) Unless we eradicate corruption, India cannot become an economically powerful country.
C) Unless we do not eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country.
D) Unless India can become an economically powerful country, we cannot eradicate corruption.

Answer 1

Hint: Here, in this question we have to make the same meaning or similar meaning sentence starting with the word ‘unless’ or using the word unless. Conditional words are the words that connect ideas or clauses in a conditional sentence.

Complete answer:
The meaning of the sentence ‘If we eradicate corruption, only then India can become an economically powerful country’ is If we do not eradicate corruption, then India cannot become an economically powerful country. The meaning of the word ‘unless’ is ‘if not’. So, we have to make a sentence that means exactly the same as the main sentence’s meaning.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Unless we eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country – The meaning of the sentence ‘Unless we eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country’ is ‘if we do not eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country’. The meaning here is just the opposite of the meaning of the sentence given in the question. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Unless we eradicate corruption, India cannot become an economically powerful country - The meaning of the sentence ‘Unless we eradicate corruption, India cannot become an economically powerful country’ is ‘if we do not eradicate corruption, India cannot become an economically powerful country’. The meaning here is just similar to the meaning of the sentence given in the question. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Option C) Unless we do not eradicate corruption, India can become an economically powerful country – This option has grammatical errors and the meaning is not identical to the meaning of the sentence given in the question. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Unless India can become an economically powerful country, we cannot eradicate corruption - If India cannot become an economically powerful country, we cannot eradicate corruption. It is clearly stated that the clause of the main sentence - "India can become an economically powerful country" is dependent on eradicating corruption. “Eradicating corruption" is dependent on India becoming an economically powerful country. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’ i.e, Unless we eradicate corruption, India cannot become an economically powerful country.

Note: Key points to remember while transforming sentence:
1) Simple sentence rule: Subject + verb + object + present participle and when we convert or transform it into another sentence the rule is subject + verb + object + relative pronoun of the object + relative pronoun or tense + rest of the sentence.
2) Sentences can be transformed into different forms without changing their meaning.
3) Subject-verb agreement plays an important role.